The Wandering Village

The Wandering Village is a city-building strategy game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

The Wandering Village is a early access, building and rts game developed by Stray Fawn Studio and published by Stray Fawn Publishing and WhisperGames.
Released on September 14th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 14 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Turkish and Italian.

It has received 5,672 reviews of which 5,157 were positive and 515 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 18.74€ on Steam and has a 25% discount.

The Steam community has classified The Wandering Village into these genres:

Early Access Building RTS City Builder Colony Sim Resource Management Survival Automation Simulation Management Choices Matter Base-Building Post-apocalyptic Strategy Rogue-like Grand Strategy Atmospheric Sandbox Life Sim Relaxing

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows® 7, Windows® 10
Processor: Quad Core Processor
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 660, Radeon RX 460 or similar dedicated graphics card
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: GPU with Shader Model 5.0 required.

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.13 or newer
Processor: Quad Core Processor
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: M1 Macs are compatible too

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and CentOS 7
Processor: Quad Core Processor
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: Nvidia and AMD GPUs using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver.

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

Where do I start with this one? Well... if you like little city building games with elements of survival, and branching pathways, this game is for you. I found it difficult to master but incredibly easy to play. The tech trees offer at least 10+ hours of content, and you'll be losing quite often as you figure out how to counter each type of disaster. The good thing is the game scales back pretty quickly to where you were before, maybe 2-3 hours if you lose on a save. I beat this game, getting to the final monument, and I can say it was a pleasantly surprisingly fun journey filled with little nods to the creators, some fun lore, and some interesting mechanics. I would highly recommend this game to anyone who has played and enjoys games like... Majesty Traveler's Rest Stardew Valley The Sims Sim City 3000 Point City Minami Lane Townscapper and Gourdlets.

Sept. 2024

10 out of 10 Don't let the smooth art style and vibrant atmosphere fool you. Yes many reviews call this game "cute" and "fun" but they haven't played on veteran difficulty with all of hostility modifiers activated. Oh? You think you have good resource management? You think you're a hardcore gamer? Good micro AND macro skills? Download this game. Unlock veteran difficulty and then max hostility. Develop any strategy you want (there are many) for avoiding starvation, sickness and death for your people while struggling to keep that damn dinosaur alive. All for the slight possibility that you can reach a sustainable state of resource production - one of the most satisfying feelings out there, period. The entire game is a balancing act. Focus too much on one area, and another will inevitably suffer. Fail to plan ahead, and you're dead before you know it. At the hardest possible difficulty you MUST get creative and gamble on the resources you have and the ones you hope to come across. While this game frustrates the hell out of me, I keep coming back because each time I lose, it's my own fault. I can always see something I could have done better. Sure, there are some random elements to the game that feel out of your control, but that's life brother. There are so many factors you have to constantly keep an eye on and when you successfully prepare for those unknowns and get past them, it is extremely rewarding. So come on you weenie, play the game at it's most challenging level and come back and tell me I'm wrong, I'll wait.

July 2024

I really enjoy this game, but you need to know what you're getting. The Wandering Village was built by a team that approached it from the beginning with a focus on the aesthetics. To that end, it's gorgeous with a studio-Ghibli-like visual style and lovely, if repetitive, music. The overall effect is calming and meditative, evoking wonder. You're helping a ragtag band of survivors build a happy little village at the end of the world. This was the first builder game this team had made, and the strategy mechanics were an afterthought. Whereas a game like Frostpunk is incredibly well thought out and tight in terms of balancing priorities while existing just on the edge of survival, The Wandering Village team only hired someone with experience in builder game mechanics after its released. The game can be incredibly forgiving when starting out, but at harder difficulties players may find themselves several hours into a playthrough facing an unavoidable crisis because they neglected a tech branch for too long. The game continues to improve and enrich with every release, but I feel like the issues with the strategy mechanics will be difficult to overcome. Although this may look like a tough, strategy-first game, players coming for that experience will probably be disappointed. However, if you're looking for a game with a chill vibe that still feels rewarding as you guide your villagers past dangers and watch the village grow, this is a great buy.

June 2024

I held off on this one because I didn't like that the buildings were 2d. They actually look a lot better in-engine. They made a twist on the regular village simulator by having you care for this dinosaur that transports you though different biomes requiring you to adapt on the fly. The greatest short coming this one has is that once you have researched all the tools for the different biomes the game play sort of flattens out. There are some risk-reward mechanics involving being a parasite to the dinosaur that you are on but the specializations you can perform are a little lackluster in options and depth. All in all a visually interesting game with a very unique gimmick that will last you a few evenings.

March 2024

This game is decent. I like it, but it has a huge flaw. The main problem is that it lacks content. I held off on buying it for a while because I thought that it might be a bit overpriced for what I was getting. I was definitely not wrong and regret purchasing it for the price that I did. Paid around $20 for it. Should be worth maybe $10 for the amount of content it has. It is in "early access", but I'm not sure what that even means anymore. I'll probably come back to it from time to time to see if anything new is added. Hopefully they add more to keep it entertaining in the future.

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-25% 24.99€ 18.74€

8.8

5,157

515

Online players

236

Developer

Stray Fawn Studio

Publisher

Stray Fawn Publishing, WhisperGames

Release 14 Sep 2022

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